V.: Thomas Pynchon

Pynchon Thomas

ISBN 10: 0099533316 / ISBN 13: 9780099533313

Published by Random House, 1995

About this Item

pp. 496.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: V.: Thomas Pynchon
• Publisher: Random House
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0099533316
• ISBN 13: 9780099533313
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The first novel from the great, incomparable Thomas Pynchon.

The quest for V. sweeps us through sixty years and a panorama of Alexandria, Paris, Malta, Florence, Africa and New York. But who, where or what is V.? Bawdy, sometimes sad and frequently hilarious, V. as become a modern classic.

'The Greatest, Wildest, Most Infuriating Author of His Generation' by Ian Rankin, Guardian

'To read V. today is to experience Pynchon anew' New Yorker

Review

Having just been released from the Navy, Benny Profane is content to lead a slothful existence with his friends, where the only real ambition is to perfect the art of "schlemihlhood," or being a dupe, and where "responsibility" is a dirty word. Among his pals--called the Whole Sick Crew--is Slab, an artist who can't seem to paint anything other than cheese danishes. But Profane's life changes dramatically when he befriends Stencil, an active ambitious young man with an intriguing mission--to find out the identity of a woman named V., who knew Stencil's father during the war, but who suddenly and mysteriously disappeared.